[PULL 16/31] hw/display/vmware_vga: skip automatic zero-init of large struct

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[PULL 16/31] hw/display/vmware_vga: skip automatic zero-init of large struct
Posted by Stefan Hajnoczi 5 months ago
From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

The 'vmsvga_fifo_run' method has a struct which is a little over 20k
in size, used for holding image data for cursor changes. Skip the
automatic zero-init of this struct to eliminate the performance
overhead in the I/O hot path.

The cursor variable will be fully initialized only when processing
a cursor definition message from the guest.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20250610123709.835102-17-berrange@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 hw/display/vmware_vga.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
index 544bb65320..bc1a8ed466 100644
--- a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static void vmsvga_fifo_run(struct vmsvga_state_s *s)
     uint32_t cmd, colour;
     int args, len, maxloop = 1024;
     int x, y, dx, dy, width, height;
-    struct vmsvga_cursor_definition_s cursor;
+    QEMU_UNINITIALIZED struct vmsvga_cursor_definition_s cursor;
     uint32_t cmd_start;
 
     len = vmsvga_fifo_length(s);
-- 
2.49.0